Calls for ‘virginity repair’ surgery to be banned
Campaigners are urging the government to outlaw “virginity repair” surgery. Many Muslim women risk being outcast, or in extreme cases killed, if their spouses or families discover they have had sex … Read More »
‘Ban gender detection of unborn babies’
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to prohibit the gender detection of unborn babies, in order to … Read More »
Rape victim’s family says they are being threatened
Family members of a 15-year-old girl, who was gang-raped by four youths on January 15 in Gazipur, alleged that they were being threatened by relatives of the accused, who are her … Read More »
13 Rohingya women rescued in capital
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday rescued 13 Rohingya women from a house in the capital’s Aftabnagar. A human trafficking gang had holed them up there for seven months with plans to … Read More »
Time to do away with character evidence
BLAST report on rape victims calls for scrapping of related provision At the Court Street yesterday, a heavily pregnant 17-year-old waddled about from one lawyers’ chamber to another, looking for someone … Read More »
Rape, Violence against Women: Form commission within 30 days
HC directs govt; asks why no death penalty for rape of children under 16 The High Court yesterday directed the government to form a commission within 30 days under the law … Read More »
Most women do not regret having an abortion, study finds
An overwhelming majority of women who get an abortion do not regret the decision to undergo the procedure, according to a new study published in the academic journal Social Science & … Read More »
DU rape victim identified rapist after his arrest: Rab
The Dhaka University student who was raped and tortured in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area on the night of January 5 has identified the rapist after his arrest. The rape victim identified him after seeing his … Read More »
DU erupts in protest
Students issue ultimatum for arrest of culprits; rape evidence found; victim under treatment at One-Stop Crisis Centre The rape of a Dhaka University student on Sunday night has sparked outrage with … Read More »
Raped, sixth grader dies by suicide
A sixth grader died by suicide in Panchagarh Sadar upazila yesterday, hours after she was allegedly raped by her neighbour. Morium Khatun, 13, of Mollapara village, was a student of Vatapukuri … Read More »
